/*
 * Copyright 2011-2012 Rivoli team
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.googlecode.rivoli.model

interface ElementDescriptor {
	String getName()

	Set<AttributeDescriptor> getAttributeDescriptors()

	AttributeDescriptor findAttributeDescriptor(String name)

	ElementDescriptor getContainerFor()

	ElementDescriptor getParent()

	// see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GROOVY-4767
	Object getRenderer(Class<?> rendererType)
}